A weekend Wellington police operation at the Wellington Correctional Centre has nabbed a number of people trying to bring drugs into the jail.
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Senior Sergeant Brad Edwards from Wellington Police has again warned visitors that actions like this will not be tolerated.
Sniffer dogs and members of the NSW Correctional Services assisted in the arrest of a 25-year-old central coast woman who attempted to take 46grams of cannabis into the correctional centre.
The woman has been bailed to appear in Wellington local court on December 9.
A Narromine woman will also appear on the same day facing charges of a taking an amount of ice into the jail.
"The woman was searched and detained after being found to have possession of ice and trying taking it into the centre," Senior Sergeant Edwards said.
A Sydney man was also captured possessing a prohibited weapon.
"The man had an aluminium baton which police found in his vehicle.
"Together with correctional centre officers, the man was arrested and will face court."
Police have also warned the community about leaving money, phones in their unlocked cars.
"This will end in trouble following a series of steals from motor vehicles in Montefories and Gobolion streets in Wellington, Snr Sgt Edwards said.
"We are asking the community to be aware thieves see this as an opportunity for a quick fix."
It's understood thieves have been attempting to use a football to bash through people's windows when they see things they want to steal he added.